Improvement in combined water-elevator and dairy



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HORA'IIO N. BROOKS, OF BLOOMING'ION, ILLINOIS.

.teem Pawn: No. 83,827, ma November 1o, isos.

IMPROVEIENT ni' COMBINED WTER-ELEVATOR. AND DAIRY.

The Schedule referred to in th'ele Letten Patent and making part of the same'.

To all whom 'it-may concern Bo it known that I, HORATION. BROOKS, oil Bloomington, in the county of McLean, and State of lllinoi s, have invented Combined Watei'Ele\'ator und Dairy; and I do hereby declare that the following is :t full, clear,

.and exact description thereof, reference being haul to the znaeoinpanying drawings, making a part ofthis specification, in which- Figure l is a vertical section through thel milk-room and well-house, showing the apparatus for elevating water, and the dairy-apartment. v

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View oll the elevator and upper portions of the Well-house and milk-apartment, showing the manner of receiving water from the well-buckets and conducting the water into the milkapartment.

Figure 3 is a top view oi' the elevating-apparatus.

Figure i is a sectional view of a device for working a churn-dashcr.

Figure 5 is a sectional view of one of the ,wellbuckets.

Figure 6 is a section, taken transversely through fig. 3, in the vertical plane indicated by red line z z.

Similar letters of reference indicate `corresponding parts in the several iigures The object of my invention is to employ a waterelevating apparatus, which is operated and controlled by springs or weights, as will be hereinafter described, in conj onction with apartments which are adapted for receiving and preserving milk, butter, meats, and other axfticles, said elevating-apparatus being brought in co1nuninication with said dairy or `preserving-apartments in such manner that cool water will be supplied to the latter in considerable quantities, and caused to flow around the several chambers therein, and thence conducted o to a barn-yard or other locality, for supply,- ing stock, andfor other purposes. The invention also provides for communicating motion and power to machinery, for chnrningfand other purposes, from .the same motive-power which is employed for supplying water to the dairy or reigerating-apartments, all as will be hereinafter' explained. I

To. enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will describe its construction and opera-A tion.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a building, of suitable capacity to contain the water-elevating machinery, and shelter it safely from the weather, and also to aiibrd an apartment in which one or more chums may be placed, and the operation of churning conveniently conducted.

This building is erected over-a. well of water, B, and

provided with a jiooring, A', which 'serve-'as al cover for the top of the woll, except that portion through ivhicbmateielevating buckets are required to rise and descend.A n

The building'A should be provided with doors and windows, for aiiording' light, entrance, and exit.

On one side of this building is an apartment, C, which is provided with suitable door-openings in iront and at the ends, some ot' which openings may be cov- 'ered with periorated inetalor wire screens, b', for keeping out insects, but allowingr of a free circulation ci air into and through said apartment.

Within this apartment are several horizontal watertanks, b, which are arranged one above another, and provided with overliow-pipes b2. l

The pipes b2 extend up nearly to the top of their respective tanks, so that the latter willbe kept nearly full of water, the surplus water running olf through the said pipes, from one tank to another, until it reaches the lowermost tank, when it is conducted on" through a pipe, b3, to a barn-yard or other locality.

Above the highest tank, b', is a cistern, a2, which is also provided with an overflow-pipe, b", extending up nearly to its upper end, for the purpose of allowing this cistern to be kept full of watei, and carrying oli' the surplus water into the tank b below;

Within this cistern a? is a vessel, a', which is mounted upon s'hort legs, andprovided with adishedhinged cover, q.. rlhis vessel is designed for containing meats, vegetables, and other articles, to be kept cool, and it is soinewhat smaller than the cistern within which it is placed so that it may be surrounded by water. The cover a being dished, as stated, will hold water, which will ow off at the back when this cover is raised.

It will be seen, from the above description, that water flowing from the pipe b4 will rst iill the cistern a2, and then ilow into the highest tank, b, and lill this' tank; it will thence flow into the next tank, b, and so on, from one tank to another, to the escape-pipe b2, which latter will conduct the water to any desired point remote from the structure.

By this arrangement, the vessels in the apartment C 4can be kept very cool, without the use of ice, as cool water, direct from a well, can be caused to ilow in a constant stream through all of said vessels.

The machinery for elevating water from the well B is applied within the well-house A., and supported by ahorizontal frame, D, which is arranged at a proper height to elevate water into a tank, K, to be conducted oii, by the feed-pipe b,.int c the cistcrn a2, as above described.

The water is elevated by means of buckets E, which are applied to an endless chain, F, and provided with loaded air-escape valves c in their bottoms, shown clearly in figs. 1 and 5.

This endless chain of buckets is carried by a light open-work drum, L, which is made so that its arms will have a slight springy movement, for the .purpose of preventing the accumulation of ice upon them.

The drum L is applied loosely upon its horizontal shaft, 1c, so that, when desired, this shaft may be caused to turn without-turning this drum.

, On one end of the drum Lis a toothed surface, l, which is designed to engage with a clutch, 2, made fast upon the shaft la, as shown in iig. 6.

- rotate with the vshaft' 1t, and cause water to be elevated thereby stopping thetlow ofwater to the apartment C.-

vends oi' its hub.

' surface oii the opposite end, at the hub of Vthis pinion,

movement.'

when i tile r11-'um a engagea wia an clutch, it win to the tank' 'K by the buckets, as described.

By means-of levens, which isappliedto a standard, 'vijand a rope, e, which isconnected to .the upperend 0f Said 1.653'1 im@ GWid TWOUD als'movd PDQY, mi -to a point outside of the wellshouse, the drum L can be moved to onee'side and disengaged 'from its shaft k,

The drum ,L is held in place against its clutch 2 by means of a spring, which is coiled around the shaitlt, and which presses against a fixed cli1tcl1,'M, on this l haft. l

Between the clutch M and a large spur-Wheel, T, is a pinion spin-wheel, t', which is applied loosely upon shaft lf, and constructed with toothed 'surfaces on both The' toothed surface on one end of the hub of the pinion fi engages with the clutch M, and theftoothed engages with a toothed surface upon the hub ofthe spur-wheel T.

This wheel T is applied loosely uponV its shaft L, and engages with it, by means of the fixed clutch M, through themedium of the wheel i, as-des'cribed.

The forked end of a lever, El, is applied to the pinion wheel i, for the purpose of moving this pinion laterally, and engaging it with or disengaging it from the fixed, clutch M.

When wheel i is engaged with the iixell clutch M,

and disengaged'ti'om the wheel T, said wheel yi' will ro'4 tate the shaft k and its drum L, but will not rotate the wheel T. l Y

When wheel i is engaged with wheel T,x and disengaged from the clutch-Mit will rotate thiswheel T, but not thel drum L.

On the outerI end of the shaft k, a toothed escapement-wheel, j, is keyed, which izeifprovidedA with oscil- [atingV pallets l and a pendulum, l', like a common clocklhe large wheel T engages with a.- piniou spur-wheel, a, which is keyed to a horiaontal shaft, n', carrying on one end a crank and adjustable wrist-pin, S, for giving a veitical. motion to the dash-rod of a churn.

A vertical shait, S'-, maybe ,engagedl with the shaft n', by means oftwo bevel-spur wheels, as shown in iig.

4, which will communicate a rotary motion to a churndixshcr, and, if itis desired to operate a ban'elchnrn,'a'

belt-pulley may be keyed upon the Vshaft 1n',for this purtion, andA for reguhtting the thereof, adictivabrake wheel, O, isl Aapplied to it, which wheelis acted upon by a rubber, G', and caused to press more or less upon the periphery of this wheel O bymeans of a regulating set-screw, G, which is applied to a cross-'ban D',

of the frame D, as shown in thefdiawings.

' The wheels and their connections above describedarc' ,operated by means of weight, W, applied to a rope or chain which iswound lupon aldrum, J, .and acting ,This short shaft f is madeto reivethesqnare t socket of a leveierank, for winding up the rope 0f weight'W upon the drum J, during which operation the wheel g does not turn.

' When the weight W is wound up, motion will be communicated to `t-he wheel yi, tln'ough the train of wheels above described, and this wheel can be adjusted, 'by means of -lever H, so asto rotate the drum L, for

raising water, churn. f

If at anytime it is desired to raise water or to drive or to rotate the shaitnfor driving a the chulnhlg-power by manual labor, this can be done 'by removing lthe pallets l, properly adjusting the pinion i, vand applying a hand-crank upon the .extremity of the shaft I prefer touse a weighed-mns the prime motor, but, if desirable, a spring, of suitable strength, may be appliedto the drum J'.

. 'F1-om the above description, it'will be seentlmt'l combine with a safe or' preserving-apartments, O, an automatie'waterrelevator, which will keep a. stream of fresh, water flowing constantly through the several chambers-of said apartment-thus preserving articles placed therein, without the use of ice; and, while 'this is the case, it/Will also be -seen thatthe4 waterelevating device can be thrown out of geariand stopped atpleasm'e, when it'is'desired to employ 'all the available power to operate the churning-devices.

I do not claim asnew' an automatic churn-power nur an automaticiwater-elevating power; j but What 1` do 'claim as'my'invention, and desire to seeure by--Lettis Patent, isf- The `arrangement of @cooling-apartment, G, conlstructed and furnished substantially as described, and automatic water-elevating apparatus, substantially assetfoith. Y To prevent the'shaft n from receiving too rapid ino- HORATIO N. BROOKS.' Withesses:,

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